Man injured in shooting in Chattanooga

Officers found the victim, Justin Common, with a gunshot wound to his right leg. Common told police that an unidentified black man confronted him in front of the Woodlawn Apartments, shot him and then fled, according to a police department news release.

Common was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a nonlife-threatening injury, police said. The investigation is ongoing, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident should call the Chattanooga Police Department at 423-698-2525 or Crime Stoppers at 423-698-3333.